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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Portals of
Sanc-
tuaries.
The sealing c,1 on the other hand, apparently represents a gateway,
over which, as in the case of that of Mycenae, the lion supporters of the
Great Minoan Goddess kept watch and ward. Here, too, as in the Lions'
Gate, we see between the piers—though not here as a' support of the
guardian animals themselves—an altar base with incurving-sides such as has
been illustrated above by the 'Miniature Sanctuary' of still earlier date.2
Here, in fact, is the explanation of the buildings with similar incurved
openings, an example of which is shown in Fig. 226, N, which seems to
have stood on the wall line of the fenced city represented by the faience
tablets. As will be shown elsewhere, a curious parallel to this is afforded
by the besieged town of the silver rhyton of Minoan fabric from Mycenae, in
a b c
Fig. 227, a, b, c. Sealings from Zakro showing Castellated Building (a) and
Fa<;ade and Portal of Shrine (b, c). (f)
Town
Mosaic
Part of
Larger
Composi-
tion.
Warriors.
which a shrine with the sacral horns is visible on an outer wall of
distinctively Minoan construction/5
From the numerous fragments found of these architectural plaques,
it seems probable that they formed part of a mosaic representing a con-
siderable town. This itself, moreover, appears to have stood in connexion
with a larger composition, as may be gathered from the stray pieces given
in Fig. 228, though the evidence for the completion of this is unfortunately
of a very fragmentary nature.
We see Minoan men, most of them, it would seem, warriors with spears
and bows (Fig. 228,/?, t)—perhaps of both the European and Asiatic types—
clad in short, close-fitting loin-cloths recalling the Cup-bearers of the Proces-
sion Fresco (Fig. 228,/).4 On two fragments appear what seem to be curved
and crested helmets (Fig. 228, m ; Fig. 229, c), on another a conical head-piece
(Fig. 228, / ; 229, b), while one (q) shows part of a bow. Some of the men are
1 Hogarth, op. cit., p. 87, Fig. 28 (No. 112). on a newly discovered fragment, but has not
2 See p. 220, Fig. 166, H. been hitherto noted.
3 See Vol. IF This interesting detail occurs 4 See Vol. IF
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
Portals of
Sanc-
tuaries.
The sealing c,1 on the other hand, apparently represents a gateway,
over which, as in the case of that of Mycenae, the lion supporters of the
Great Minoan Goddess kept watch and ward. Here, too, as in the Lions'
Gate, we see between the piers—though not here as a' support of the
guardian animals themselves—an altar base with incurving-sides such as has
been illustrated above by the 'Miniature Sanctuary' of still earlier date.2
Here, in fact, is the explanation of the buildings with similar incurved
openings, an example of which is shown in Fig. 226, N, which seems to
have stood on the wall line of the fenced city represented by the faience
tablets. As will be shown elsewhere, a curious parallel to this is afforded
by the besieged town of the silver rhyton of Minoan fabric from Mycenae, in
a b c
Fig. 227, a, b, c. Sealings from Zakro showing Castellated Building (a) and
Fa<;ade and Portal of Shrine (b, c). (f)
Town
Mosaic
Part of
Larger
Composi-
tion.
Warriors.
which a shrine with the sacral horns is visible on an outer wall of
distinctively Minoan construction/5
From the numerous fragments found of these architectural plaques,
it seems probable that they formed part of a mosaic representing a con-
siderable town. This itself, moreover, appears to have stood in connexion
with a larger composition, as may be gathered from the stray pieces given
in Fig. 228, though the evidence for the completion of this is unfortunately
of a very fragmentary nature.
We see Minoan men, most of them, it would seem, warriors with spears
and bows (Fig. 228,/?, t)—perhaps of both the European and Asiatic types—
clad in short, close-fitting loin-cloths recalling the Cup-bearers of the Proces-
sion Fresco (Fig. 228,/).4 On two fragments appear what seem to be curved
and crested helmets (Fig. 228, m ; Fig. 229, c), on another a conical head-piece
(Fig. 228, / ; 229, b), while one (q) shows part of a bow. Some of the men are
1 Hogarth, op. cit., p. 87, Fig. 28 (No. 112). on a newly discovered fragment, but has not
2 See p. 220, Fig. 166, H. been hitherto noted.
3 See Vol. IF This interesting detail occurs 4 See Vol. IF